Each dumbbell weighs 12 pounds. Frederick Douglass' granddaugher Fredericka Sprague Perry noted in her journal, "In the mornings before breakfast and in all degrees of temperature Douglass goes out on the porch or in the yard and swing the dumbbells both alternately then both at the same time, over, behind, and in front...." The undated journal is in the Manuscript department, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University, Washington, DC.

Surplus World War I Navy pea coats were distributed to Manzanar internees who tailored them to fit men, women, and children. This coat belonged to Jim Makino who later joined the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.